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Six Killings in New York End a Lull in Murders

After a seven-day stretch in which no homicides were recorded in New York City, five occurred in 10 hours on Friday and Saturday, and another person was killed on Sunday morning.

Four killings occurred in the Bronx, and two in Brooklyn. As of Sunday morning, no arrests had been made.

Despite the six homicides, the number of killings this year is down over 25 percent compared with 2012. And last year, the city recorded its lowest annual homicide total, 419, in at least half a century.

The first killing occurred at 6 p.m. on Friday in the South Bronx. Two friends were standing in front of 680 Tinton Avenue near the John Adams Houses when a gunman opened fire, the police said. Tyrek Singleton, 28, of the Bronx was shot in the torso and pronounced dead at Lincoln Medical Center.

His 26-year-old friend, who was not immediately identified, was shot in the leg. He told investigators he did not know the gunman, the police said.

Two and a half hours later, two men were shot in the chest and killed in Brownsville, Brooklyn, , the police said. The men were identified as Tevin Beckles, 21, and Randolph Williams, 37, both of Brooklyn. The police said Mr. Williams had 52 arrests, most of them drug-related.

At 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, police officers found Pablo Pagan, 40, dead with a gunshot wound to the head close to his home in the Arthur H. Murphy Houses on Vyse Avenue in the Bronx.

About three miles away and two hours later, police officers discovered Marco Castillo, 24, with a gunshot wound to the chest. Mr. Castillo was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

The police said that Mr. Castillo was walking on Westchester Avenue when two men approached and one started a physical fight with him. When the man began to lose, the other man shot Mr. Castillo in the head and torso, then both men fled.

On Sunday morning, about five miles away from where Mr. Castillo had been shot, the police said that a 38-year-old man was shot in the torso around 6:40 a.m. on Boston Road in the Bronx. The man was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Emma G. Fitzsimmons contributed reporting.

A version of this article appears in print on October 20, 2013, on page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: Five Killings In New York End a Lull In Murders . Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe